I guess we will see 19 in service by year end, which means we will see another 10 over the last 4 months. That works out to 2.25 cars per month and a far cry of 4 being toss around or the 1 every 5-7 days.
About 6 weeks ago the Star reported 23 delivered by year-end, of which 20 would be in service. (presumably because deliveries would then be weekly).
So if they are now dropping this to only 20 in the city (presumably delivered), then it's hard to see how more than 18 would be in service.
So have they really dropped the delivery target from 23 to 20? Or does the writer not consider the difference between "delivered" and "in-service".\
Though Bombardier tends to talk about "shipped" and not "delivered". And I suspect the 23 delivered actually meant 23 shipped.
Time to replace the current builder and re tender the the whole order or X cars up Jan 1st 2016 not delivery as order and the extra 60. Will not see those cars until 2019. What an extra 2 years when it already 8 years behind schedule in the first place.
It'll have taken 8 years since the RFP started to get somewhere between 10-20 vehicles in service.
If we really go through with cancelling the contract, and starting a new RFP, say on January 1, 2016 ... then really we can only hope to have deliveries ramping up in 2023. Maybe 2022 if things really go well. And then deliveries through at least 2025.
If Bombardier can ultimately get their act together, and start delivering 4 cars a month, then it will be faster.
Costs would go up two ... what with nearly a decade of inflation ... and Bombardier bidding about $5 million per vehicles compared to about $7.5 million by the next closest bidder.
So why do something that would both delay things, and cost more money, unless there are significant quality issues. And all reports have been that the quality of the vehicles in service is quite good.